Chapter 462: Long Hair, Short Knowledge
Gu Honglian's mind was dizzy from being pulled, and she squatted on the ground crying with her hands covering her head.
Old Mrs. Gu loved her daughter so much that she couldn't bear to beat her grandson Gu Ruinian, but she was willing to beat her daughter-in-law.
A slap was given.
Jia, who had always been decent in front of the villagers, was slapped by her mother-in-law. Jia couldn't stand it and wanted to find a rope to hang herself, but was stopped by her daughter-in-law Wei.
The villagers switched from watching the show to trying to stop the fight.
Mr. Gu shouted a few times but it was no use, and Mrs. Gu even blamed him.
In front of everyone, he said that it was all Mr. Gu's fault for agreeing to let Jia snatch Gu Honglian's satin, otherwise nothing would have happened.
Mr. Gu was provoked by Mrs. Gu's words and he couldn't catch his breath and fainted.
Everyone panicked.
Gu Taohua, who came to the old house to join in the fun, threw the melon seeds in her hand and walked to Old Man Gu and pinched his Ren Zhong.
She instigated her younger aunt to make trouble for the second room, but she didn't intend to make trouble to death for Grandpa Gu.
If someone dies, there will be a lot of trouble to handle the funeral and observe mourning.
Gu Jingzhe, who arrived later, helped Old Man Gu up and asked the bewildered Gu Fengnian to go and ask for a doctor.
Amid the noise, Mr. Gu was carried to the bed.
"Old man, poor old man, you can't leave. What will I do if you leave? And Honglian, she will be bullied to death."
Old Mrs. Gu was so frightened that she sat at the head of the bed and cried.
"It's all the fault of that bitch. I asked my second son to divorce her. She still has the nerve to hang herself. Don't pull her. Let her hang herself."
She hated Jia even more, because it was Jia's fault that she wanted to be treated as a satin.
In addition to hating Jia, she also hated Tong Huaqiong. She hated that Tong Huaqiong only let Lu Zhaozhao give Gu Honglian a piece of satin, and she hated that the good days of the eldest wife were not shared with the old house.
"I have a miserable life. My two daughters-in-law are disobedient. Boss, you might as well take me away."
When Tong Huaqiong rushed to the old house, Old Mrs. Gu began to cry for her dead eldest son.
Seeing Tong Huaqiong coming in, Mrs. Gu swallowed back the words she was going to say to scold Tong Huaqiong.
If Mr. Gu really passes away, she might have to rely on her eldest daughter-in-law for a living.
But I dare not offend him too much.
Tong Huaqiong stood at the head of the bed and took a look.
Old Man Gu lay on the bed with his eyes closed, fearing that he might suddenly have a cerebral infarction or a heart attack.
Based on the current medical level, I don’t know if Mr. Gu can still be saved.
The doctor hasn't arrived yet, so let's just ignore it for now. We can't just watch someone die. Tong Huaqiong went up and stuffed a quick-acting heart-protecting pill into Mr. Gu's mouth, and told Gu Taohua, who was standing nearby, to get some water.
"What did you feed him? You vicious woman."
Old Mrs. Gu was afraid that Tong Huaqiong would take the opportunity to feed poison to Old Man Gu, so she went up and covered Old Man Gu's mouth.
Tong Huaqiong pushed Old Lady Gu away and said sternly, "I'm trying to save him. If you think he won't live long enough, just take away the medicine."
Old Mrs. Gu was frightened by Tong Huaqiong's aura. She turned her head away and her hands fell down weakly.
Gu Taohua handed a bowl of water to Gu Jingzhe, who hugged Old Man Gu and fed the water into his mouth.
When the doctor came, Mr. Gu had already opened his eyes.
"I was so angry... It's nothing serious..."
The doctor examined it and came to a conclusion.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially everyone in the old house, Grandpa Gu is the pillar of the second house. If he is gone, neither the first house nor the clan will even look at the old house.
The reason why the eldest wife can still send vegetables and meat to the old house is all because of Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu.
Gu Jingzhe paid the doctor two hundred coins for the consultation fee. After the doctor prescribed a few medicines, he carried the medicine box and left the old house.
"Where's my second brother?"
Tong Huaqiong looked around. Gu Ruinian was huddled in a corner, Gu Fengnian and Wei were standing in front of Old Man Gu's bed, Gu Honglian was wiping tears out of fear, Jia was standing by the door frame crying in grievance, but Gu Youtian was nowhere to be seen.
"Dad went out to find a job." said Gu Fengnian.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Logically I shouldn't be involved in this matter, but look at you guys making the old man so angry just because of a piece of satin with black eyes. Who are people laughing at? They are laughing at our whole family."
"This piece of satin was given by Zhao Zhao to Hong Lian. It was originally a token of her love, but you guys ruined it. The sister-in-law teamed up with her nephew to pawn her sister-in-law's satin. It's shameful enough to spread the news. In my opinion, as the backbone of the old house, you should take the men in the old house to work and earn money. How can you cheat the girls in the family out of a piece of satin? You guys cheat this and that all day long under the pretext of Ruinian's studies. You cheat one piece of satin today, and what else tomorrow?"
"Ruinian is not young anymore, you should think about your family. No one can stop you from studying, but a family can't make way for you just because you study, right? Do other family members deserve to give up their things for your study? There are many people in this world who study on their own because of poverty and work for others or do farm work. I'm not saying that I should let you go to work or do farm work, but I'm saying that you can't just sit at home and wait for your family to make sacrifices for you."
As the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Gu family, Tong Huaqiong said this bluntly.
After hearing this, Jia's face turned pale. Was he talking about her or her son?
Gu Honglian called her sister-in-law in a tender voice, and she found that her sister-in-law still understood her and knew to stand on her side.
Unlike her second sister-in-law, who dragged the whole family into cheating her, why did she blindly follow her second brother and parents to bully her eldest sister-in-law in the past?
Old Mrs. Gu originally heard Tong Huaqiong speaking up for Gu Honglian and condemning the Jia family, but then she started to attack her beloved grandson Gu Ruinian as well, and she became dissatisfied.
In addition, Mr. Gu had already woken up and the doctor said that he was fine. Mrs. Gu regained her fearlessness and said to Tong Huaqiong, "Our whole family is happy to support Ruinian's studies."
Tong Huaqiong said, "I don't care whether you like it or not. Now it's a piece of satin, tomorrow it's Honglian's betrothal gift, and the day after tomorrow it's your and the old man's flesh and blood. Just give these things as you want."
Gu Ruinian stood in the corner and clenched his fists.
In ancient times, women in mountain villages had long hair but little knowledge.
What does she know? She is so proud only because of her son and daughter.
Gu Ruinian felt the silver in his pocket and found it was still there. He took a deep breath, fortunately it was not taken away by Gu Honglian.
Mr. Gu coughed weakly twice.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Tong Huaqiong there. He took advantage of his fainting to make demands on his eldest daughter-in-law.
"Big Boss, you are here too."
Mr. Gu coughed for a while.
"I'm old and useless." Mr. Gu sighed.
Tong Huaqiong looked at this so-called old man. Although he was considered old in this era, he still looked like he had plenty of life left in him.
I don't know what to ask of her at this time.
Tong Huaqiong said nothing.
Grandpa Gu said, "You are the one who makes the most of your heart. Jingzhe is now studying at the Wanliu Academy and is engaged. Even if I die now and see my eldest brother in the underworld, I will be happy. But I can't die. I still have a bunch of old and young people behind me. You also saw that the family quarreled so much over a piece of satin. It's because we are poor. If Ruinian had money, how could he have upset Honglian over a piece of satin?"
Tong Huaqiong could not agree with this statement.
You said that your family was extremely poor, so it was understandable that you pawned the satin that Lu Zhaozhao gave to Gu Honglian in order to save your life and have money.
But what is Jia doing this for?
It was for Gu Ruinian's selfish reasons.
Tong Huaqiong asked: "So?"